Danbert

I've only seen the second half but Leeds look really poor.

Seriously, if he was reffing us I'd be well hacked off

That ref needs to get a grip - every time someone falls over it's a yellow card

Srtictly speaking this is Burnley build up but I want to share. They seem to be fielding, bar Austin, more or less a full strength team against MK Dons today and are currently 0-1 down at home :-)

Yeah, I heard that too - made me wonder.

Nice - thanks v. much for posting those

The way we play I can't see us drawing many games. I reckon we should win four or five of those.

Guardian write up: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/sep/18/southampton-birmingham-city-championship

Tops - thanks for that.

It won't be

Grow up

If it's not being televised then surely it won't be available online. Where will they get the feed from?

Started reading the article, which is in reverse order. The first 5 entries (numbers 50-46) all have a Saints connection. Perhaps the journo is a Saints fan?

Of course we don't "need" one. We can perfectly well turn out a decent 11 without brining in new players. It's a question of whether it's worth forking out a 6 figure sum on someone. If it's an over-priced primadonna of dubious ability then no. If it's a young up-coming player who'd improve the team and we can afford them then obviously. It all depends on the deal. Given the fact that neither Lambert or Conolly cost anything like what the players we're being linked with are said to be worth and both seem eminently capable of doing a job in this division I'd be keeping my chequebook in my pocket.

Given that he's "not an accountant" how much credence do you set by the 1.4 million figure? If they're really sitting on that sort of money how come none got spent in the transfer window?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/football-league-blog/2011/sep/06/ailing-bournemouth-difficult-year "The club has still not managed to go a calendar year without being hit by a county court judgement..."

Well I'm glad you're not our Chairman. McLaren is a joke manager along with those other wonderful Middlesbrough appointments Bryan Robson and Gareth Southgate. They only need Avram Baron Von Greenback Grant to complete the set.

That's not the way I read it. The "adds something different" part definitely applies to what he'll be bringing to Saints. I doubt if Adkins intended any criticism but I've seen both Martin and Seabourne pick the wrong pass or lose the ball when under pressure. I find it interesting that he was lent out to FC Copenhagen. They're a decent club who play a passing game.

:-) This.

This

Great - finger crossed then.

If it's not a televised game how can they stream it?

You have got to be kidding

What gives you the idea that Barnard would walk into most Championship sides? Personally I don't rate him, but that aside, he's never played at this level before and there's no real way of knowing if he's Championship material before he gets a run in the side.

I think he was taking the p*ss MATE.